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| 2nd Week after Pascha. Commemoration of the Dead (Radonitsa). Tone 1. |  No fast.
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Apostles Jason and Sosipater, of the Seventy, and their companions: Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius, the virgin Cercyra, and Christodulus the Ethiopian, at Corfu (1st c.). Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian, at Dorostolum in Moesia (286).
Martyrs Zeno, Eusebius, Neon, and Vitalis, who were converted by Apostles Jason and Sosipater (ca. 63). St. Cyril, bishop of Turov (ca. 1183). St. Cyril, founder of Syrinsk Monastery (Karelia) (1402).
St. Auxibius II, bishop of Soli on Cyprus (4th c.). Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304). St. Cronan, abbot of Roscrea Monastery, Ireland (7th c.). Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus: Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodotus, Thaumasius, and Philemon (286-299).
Repose of Archimandrite Hilarion (Argatu) of Cernica (1999) and Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday. [Acts 4:1–10; John 3:16–21]
He that believeth not in the Son of God is condemned already (John 3:18). For what? For the fact that when light is all around, he remains in darkness, due to his love for it. Love of darkness and hatred of the light make him entirely to blame, even without his determining where the truth lies; because he who has sincere love for the truth will be led by this love from the darkness of deception to the light of truth. One example is the holy apostle Paul. He was a sincere lover of the truth, devoted with all his soul to what he considered to be true, without any self-interest. Therefore, as soon as he was shown that the truth lay not in what he considered to be true, that very moment he cast aside the old—which proved to be untrue—and cleaved with all his heart to the new, which was tangibly proven to be the truth. The same occurs with every sincere lover of truth. The truth of Christ is clear as day: seek and ye shall find. Help from above is always ready for one who sincerely seeks. Therefore, if someone remains in the darkness of unbelief, it is only due to his love for that darkness, and for this he is already condemned.
Articles
 Apostle Sosipater of the SeventySaint Sosipater, a native of Achaia, was Bishop of Iconium, where also he died. Saint Paul mentions him in Romans 16:21. |
 St. Cyril the Bishop of TurovSaint Cyril, Bishop of Turov, was born of rich parents in the thirties of the twelfth century in the city of Turov at the River Pripyat. |